ZAGLOSSUS—ZATI. 413 
Zaglossus—Continued. 
Type: Tachyglossus bruijnii Peters, from a peak of the Arfaks called Mickerbó, 
New Guinea. 
Zaglossus antedates Proechidna Gervais, Nov. 30, 1877, based on the same species. 
Zaglossus: &a-,intensive prefix; y» Aà66a,tongue—in allusion to the long, slender 
extensible tongue. 
Zalabis Corr, 1879. Ungulata, Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotid:e. 
Bull. U. S. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr., V, No. 2, pp. 229, 232, Sept. 6, 1879; Am. 
Naturalist, XIII, No. 12, p. 771b, Dec., 1879. 
Type: Rhinoceros sivalensis Falconer & Cautley, from the upper Miocene of the 
Siwalik Hills, India. 
Extinct. 
Zalabis: &a-, intensive prefix; Aa/is, handle, forceps—in allusion to the number 
of incisors (2), which was greater than that of most members of the family 
then known. 
Zalophus Girr, 1866. Ferze, Pinnipedia, Otariid:e. 
Proc. Essex Inst., V, Communications, 7, 11, July, 1866; ALLEN, Mon. N. Am. 
Pinnipeds, 275-312, 1880. 
Type: Otaria gillespii Macbain (=Otaria californiana Lesson), from the coast of 
California. 
Zalophus: Ca-, intensive prefix; Ad@os, crest—from the high parietal crest or 
ridge of the skull. 
Zamicrus AMEGHINO, 1889. Edentata, Megatheriidee. 
Cont. Conocimiento Mamif. Fósil. Repüb. Argentina, in Act. Acad. Nac. Cien., 
Córdoba, VI, 681-682, pl. xt figs. 7-8, 1889. 
Type: Zamicrus admirabilis Ameghino, from the Eocene of the barrancas of the 
Rio Santa Cruz, southern Patagonia. 
Extinct. ‘‘Conozco de este animal la dentadura inferior, compuesta de cuatro 
muelas á cada lado." 
Zamicrus: &a-, intensive prefix, very; j:xpós, small—in allusion to the small 
size of the molars. 
Zaphilus AmeGcuino, 1889. Edentata, Glyptodontid:e (Hoplophoridee). 
Cont. Conocimiento Mamif. Fósil. Repüb. Argentina, in Act. Acad. Nac. Cien., 
Córdoba, VI, 828, pl. uxxxmi figs. 1, 2, 1889. 
Type: Zaphilus larraragai Ameghino, from the Pampean formation of Uruguay. 
Extinet. ‘‘Conocido hasta ahora por el dibujo de un tubo caudal." 
Zaphilus: Ca-, intensive prefix, very; óíAos, dear. 
Zapus Cours, 1875. Glires, Zapodid:e. 
Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 2d ser., No. 5, p. 253, 1875. 
Xapus W ALLACE, Island Life, 48, 1880 (misprint). 
Type: Dipus hudsonius Zimmermann, from Hudson Bay. 
Zapus: Ca-, intensive prefix; zovs, foot—in allusion to the long hind legs and 
feet. 
Zarhachis Corr, 1868. Cete, Platanistid:e. 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1868, 186, 189; ibid., 1869, 9-10. 
Zarachis VAN BENEDEN & GERVArs, Ostéog. Cétacés, 512, 1880. 
Type: Z«rhachis flagellator Cope, from the Miocene of Charles County, Maryland, 
Extinct. *'Established on vertebree.’’ 
Zarhachis: Ca-, intensive prefix; ó&y:s, backbone—in allusion to the flat, broad. 
diapophyses of the caudal vertebr:e. 
Zati (subgenus of Cynamolgus) KErcugNBAcH, 1862. Primates, Cercopithecide. 
Vollstiind. Naturgesch. Affen, 180-133, pl. xxii figs. 827-331, 1862. 
Species, 3: Zali sinicus (= Simia sinica Linn:eus), Z. pileatus (= S. pileata, Shaw, 
nec Desmarest), and Z. audebertii (= Simia sinica Audebert), from India and 
Ceyfon. 
Zati; East Indian name. | ( REICHENBACH.) 
